Getting the "place" of something in a dictionary

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#1 
local dictionary = {
["a"] = "hi",
["b"] = "wdwd",
["c"] = "Awaaaaaaaa",
}

What if I wanted to find the place of the key “b” in the dictionary, for example, its second place in the dictionary, how would I get that?

#2

why do you need to?
you can just reference it with the name of the value

local dictionary = {
["a"] = "hi",
["b"] = "wdwd",
["c"] = "Awaaaaaaaa",
}
print(dictionary.a)
#3

If it was for a leaderboard, I need to know the place it is in because it is sorted from 1stplace - 10th place

#4

You are assuming dictionaries have order. They don’t.

local dictionary = {
	["a"] = "hi",
	["b"] = "wdwd",
	["c"] = "Awaaaaaaaa",
	}
for key,value in pairs(dictionary)do
	print(key,value)
end	
  23:13:50.857  a hi  -  Edit
  23:13:50.857  c Awaaaaaaaa  -  Edit
  23:13:50.857  b wdwd  -  Edit

Vs arrays:

local array= {5,4,1,2}
for index,value in pairs(array)do
	print(index,value)
end	
--Result:
  23:14:24.060  1 5  -  Edit
  23:14:24.060  2 4  -  Edit
  23:14:24.060  3 1  -  Edit
  23:14:24.061  4 2  -  Edit

You will need another method like assigning a number to the key then sorting all the occurrences of that number like this I believe:

Edit: Oh yeah thanks @itsXtimes, it’s a bad habit to put everything as i,v in pairs

#5

i in this case will not be an int value, it will be the name of the value
for example:

local dictionary = {
	["a"] = "hi",
	["b"] = "wdwd",
	["c"] = "Awaaaaaaaa",
}
for i, v in pairs(dictionary) do
	print(i)
end
-- 18:20:38.543  a  -  Server - Script:7
-- 18:20:38.543  c  -  Server - Script:7
-- 18:20:38.543  b  -  Server - Script:7
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#6

Dictionaries don’t order, it’s impossible to get the “place” it’s in. You would have to use an array or get around it by adding a property called “position” or something.

Edit: or as @dthecoolest posted you can put all the keys into an array

#7

so show us this leaderboard script and we maybe find another solution

#8

Ok hold on give me a second I will get it

#9

Actually, I am got it, I found a solution. I had an earlier devforum post I looked at to help me with getting the sort of places, I am going to use that again to get the places, thank you for the help though!

(Should I just delete this post)